Fly-paper holder.



N. RETTIG.

FLY PAPER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. 1917.

1,261,618. v Patented Apr. 2, 19m

INVENTOR WITNESSES U a. 5x7 0- M WW NORA RETTIG, on LOGANSPORT, INDIANA;

FLY-PAPER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A131". 2, 1918 Applicationfiled March 30, 1917. Serial No. 158,659.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, N ORA Rnrrro, a citizen of the United States,residing at Logansport, in the county of Cass and State of Indiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Fly-Paper Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention comprehendsimprovements in holders for fly paper and hasfor one of its objects the provision of, an extremely simple andpractical device which may be suspended from a wall or ceilin Anotherand more specific object of the invention is to provide a fly paperholder having a plate on which are mounted spring clips for holding; thefly paper thereagainst and having a pair of bails or hangers forattachment to a horizontal or vertical hook for supporting the device,said hangers being provided with means for clamping them in planesparallel with the plate.

The invention also aims to generally improve devices of this nature torender them more practical, useful and commercially desirable.

, lVith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent asthe description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the fly paper holder in use andsecured to a Wall.

F ig, 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the holder showing one of thebolts clamped against the plate.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on the plane of line 3-3 of Fig.2, and

Fig. 4 is a detail view of a part to be hereinafter described.

Referring in detail to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates a platepreferably formed of tin and substantially equal in width to a sheet offly paper 2 which is held thereagainst by a pair of U-shaped springclips or fasteners 3 which are provided with spring coils 4 and whichare soldered or otherwise suitably secured to the plate. The plate issomewhat longer than the standard sheet of fly paper and is bent back onitself adjacent its end edges 5 to provide reinforcements and toovercome the disadvantages of having sharp exposed edges.

The plate is provided with lateral flanges 6, 7 formed by bending thetop of the plate at right angles to the main portion thereof formationare pivotally secured to v the;

flanges 6 and 7 by having the ends of their arms 9 hooked throughopenings 10 in the flanges as indicated by the numeral 11. The centralportions 12 of the bails or handles are bent to provide the eyes 13. Onearm of each of the bails is bent to provide a spring coil 14 lying in aplane substantially parallel with the arm. Said coil is formed at theouter terminal of the arm and is disposed to one side of the plane ofthe bail-or handle.

The bails or handles when swung against the plate are held in thisposition by the coils 14 and arms 9 which clamp between them the flange6 of the plate. It will be noted on reference to Fig. 3 that this flangedoes not extend the full length of the plate but is of such a length asto terminate substantially centrally of the coils 14 when the handlesare disposed against the plate.

When it is desired to secure the devic to a wall or other verticalsupport, the handles are swung upwardly toward each other to dispose theloops 14 in substantial alinement with each other for connection to ahook 15. The device may be secured to a ceiling or horizontal support byhooking eyes 13 to a suitable fastener.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple andpractical fly paper holder to which sheets of fly paper may be removablysecured and which has swinging bails or handles which may be clampedinto inoperative out of the Way position against the body of the deviceor which may be secured to horizontal or vertical fastening means forsupporting the holder in operative position.

The coils 14 form an important feature of the device since it isessential that some means be provided for securing the handles againstmovement when not in use and when the device is being shipped or movedfrom place to place.

While I have shown and described the 1 n u I v sitio'n, the co lsregistering when the'han'dles preferred embodiments of my invention, itWill be 'cl'early'understood that IdonOtwish to be limited to thisconstruction, but may make such changes. as will fall- Within-the scopeand spirit of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is: V

1. A fly paper holder comprising a plate adapted to hold sheets of 'flypaper, clamp projecting flanges formed on the sides of said plate, apair of U shaped handles'hav ing the free ends oftheir arms pivotallysecure d to'said' 'plateand spring coils formed on said handles forsclampingengagenient withffsaid flanges whereby the handlesfinay befheldin an out of thefway inoperative p0- are'in elevated positions toprovide. forengagement Wlth a support.

qopies of this patent may be obtained for pair of. U. shaped handleshaving the free.

ends of their arms pivotally connected to said flanges, thehandles-being adapted to lie against the plate at an angle thereto andspring ceils formed on said handles in "a plane substantially parallelto the arms thereof for clamping engagement with one of said flangeswherebyv the handles may be held in anont of the Way position, the coilsregistering ivhen thehandles are in elevated positions as provide forengagementqvith a sup ort. i

In testiinonywhereof I aflix my signature.

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